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Big Bad Duumvirate: The main foes of the movie are Ra's al Ghul, the Shredder and the Foot Clan, though numerous other villains, such as Baxter Stockman, Harley Quinn, the Joker, Bane, Penguin, Mr. Freeze and others are showing up.

Bring It: Batman tells the Turtles "You're welcome to try." when Leonardo tells them to take him down for answers.

Composite Character: Shredder's design implements the red hue from his Mirage Comics' costume, but he has the purple cape from the 1987 cartoon.

Crossover: This is the first time outside of the comics where Batman teams up with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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Let's You and Him Fight: A problem the Turtles and Batman have to deal with as Batman is super protective of Gotham and hates when other vigilantes come knocking. The trailer suggests that Barbara Gordon got things mixed up relaying info to Batman.

Mistaken Identity: When the Turtles get the drop on the Penguin's goons, Penguin automatically thinks it's the Bat, leading Raphael to groan "Do I look like a freakin' Bat to you?!"

Pragmatic Adaptation: The casts of both franchises exist in the same universe for this film, rather than the Turtles being displaced from their world, which streamlines the plot.

Revisiting the Roots: The film came out around the time Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was in its first season, with the show presenting a significantly different leadership dynamic, altered personalities for the Turtles, and mostly different weapons. This film goes with the classic dynamic, personalities, and weapons, owing to it being an adaptation of Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles while the character models are closer to the 2003 cartoon version (albeit keeping in line with the unique body types given to them in the 2010s).

Role Reprisal: Many voice actors from previous DC and TMNT properties reprise their roles. They include

You Don't Look Like You: While Batgirl and Robin retain their familiar designs from the era the second crossover took place in, Batman instead uses the lighter gray and blue with the yellow oval Bat-Shield popular with the character since the 70s instead of the black and grays he usually runs around in.

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